On February 2, 2022, the opening match of the Beijing Winter Olympics began, the curling mixed doubles round robin tournament kicked off, and the Chinese combination Ling Zhi/ Fan Suyuan made its debut, challenging the world champion Swiss combination Rios / Perret, the latter was the silver medalist of the mixed doubles of the previous Olympic Games, Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan defeated Rios / Perrett, broke out a big cold, brought good news, and won the opening of the Chinese team in this Winter Olympics.
The Chinese curling team once won the World Championships, the best mixed doubles result was runner-up, in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics four years ago, Bade Xin / Wang Rui won the fourth place, almost on the podium, after the team selection, Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan qualified for the competition, although the two partnered for a short time, but the tacit understanding is also very impactful, as a mixed doubles coach is from Finland Tommy. Lantameki.
The first round-robin opponent is the Swiss duo Martin. Rios/Yanni. Perrett, in the last Winter Olympics won the mixed doubles runner-up, the final lost to the Canadian combination, Rios is a 40-year-old veteran, has won the world championship twice, partner Perret has won the championship in the international arena many times, for Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan, this game to get a start, there is still a lot of difficulty, there is a gap in strength.
However, in the view of coach LantaMeki, although Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan is cutting-edge, he is very capable and has the possibility of winning the world championship, Rios/Perret is a popular combination to win the championship, Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan is just emerging, and the performance of home battles is expected.
In the first three sets, the Swiss player Perret made a big mistake, Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan played steadily, achieved a 3-0 lead, the home game of Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan is very imposing, in the pre-game preparation is very sufficient, to the world champion Rios / Perret brought a lot of pressure, in the fourth set Rios / Perret stabilized the position, Rios gradually entered the good situation, chased 2 points in a row, so that Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan into a bitter battle.
Next Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan stopped loss in time, scored in the fifth set to 4-2, Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan mentality is good, although the opponent has won the world championship, but the two dare to fight, go all out to fight, the sixth inning Rios / Perret back to force, scored 3 points in a row to achieve a rebound, the seventh set is very critical, Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan showed a strong psychological quality, two scores, 6-5 lead over the opponent.
In the last set, Rios/Perret scored first, 6 draw overtime decisive, Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan resisted the pressure, and finally defeated Rios/Perrett 7-6, winning the first victory of Chinese players in this Winter Olympics, making a good start for everyone, and also hoping that the two will continue to cheer and strive for another good result, the same time of the game, the United States team 6-5 reverse Australia, the United Kingdom team 9-5 light victory over Sweden.